Selective Coordination Requirements NEC 700,701 and 702 Systems
Selective coordination is a design factor of a power system for protective devices. Protective devices are used in the system which keeps the system safe during fault condition. While designing a power system, our duty is to ensure that the protectiv...
OSHA Electrical Safety Standards
Working in an environment that is safe and healthy is not a privilege but a right of every worker regardless of industry. To ensure this, there are multiple agencies, authorities, and governing bodies throughout the world that enforce worker health a...
Hazards and Safety in High Voltage Power Lines
Work in rural, urban, or any other location, have a look around yourself and you will realize that power lines are part of the globe as they are almost everywhere. Either it is a wooden pole supplying power to the local consumers or big towers delive...
Increasing Electrical Safety and Ensuring Compliance by Protective Device Coordination
ββOvercurrent protection is critical to personal safety and protection from a number of hazardous conditions that can result from materials igniting. Short-circuits can result in arc-flashes, which can cause severe burns and sometimes prove fatal.
...Lockout Tagout
As stated by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration OSHA, Lockout Tagout or LOTO are a set of specific practices and procedures to safeguard employees from the unexpected energization or startup of machinery and equipment, or the release o...
Should You Open Energized Panel Covers?
The practice of removing energized switchboard and panelboard covers when performing annual/quarterly/monthly maintenance has become commonplace. De-energization cannot be stressed enough before all types of maintenance work on electrical equipment
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Abdur Rehman, PE
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Abdur Rehman is a professional electrical engineer with more than eight years of experience working with equipment from 208V to 115kV in both the Utility and Industrial & Commercial space. He has a particular focus on Power Systems Protection & Engineering Studies....
He earned his BSEE & MSEE from Washington State University in 2013 & 2017 respectively and an Engineering Technology Management degree in 2021.
Abdur Rehman is the CEO and co-founder of allumiax.com and creator of GeneralPAC by AllumiaX. He has been actively involved in various roles in the IEEE Seattle Section, IEEE PES Seattle, IEEE Region 6, and IEEE MGA.
Abdur Rehman is a board member of CordobaAcademy.org and enjoys local community volunteering. All AllumiaX blogs are special because of his love to share knowledge in the most intuitive way possible.
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